ES2580203T3 - Paper sheet handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

Document manipulator comprising a validation element (2), a stacking element (3) provided with a reservoir (50) detachably attached to the validation element (2), and a main conveyor (4) attached to the element ( 2) of validation to transport a document along a main conduit (6) formed between the validation element (2) and the stacking element (3), in which the stacking element (3) further comprises a conveyor (5) storage to store in the warehouse (50) documents supplied from the validation element (2) through the main conveyor (4) and also to extract one by one documents stored in the warehouse (50) and transport the documents by means of the main conveyor (4) to the validation element (2) for dispensing, the main conveyor (4) comprises a reversible motor (70) for driving the storage conveyor (5) in the stacking element (3) in the felt selected, and a diverting lever (38) that can move between an open position to guide the document transported between the reservoir (50) and the main duct (6) and a closed position to block the passage of the document between the reservoir (50 ) and the main duct (6), the main conveyor (4) comprises an actuator (250) for moving the deviation lever (38) between the open and closed positions, characterized in that the tank (50) is pulled forward and Remove the validation element (2) along the main duct (6) by releasing the drive connection between the storage conveyor (5) and the reversible motor (70) of the main conveyor (4).

Description

Technical field

The present invention relates to a document manipulator comprising a validation element and a stacking element provided with a deposit removably attached to the validation element for storing documents in the deposit, downloading the stored documents from the deposit and dispensing them from the validation element

Background of the invention

The patent document 1 listed below discloses an ATM comprising a front operating panel for depositing and dispensing banknotes, a plurality of small validation elements to validate the authenticity, denomination and deformation of bills and counting bills , a plurality of boxes for storing several bills, a rejection safe to collect deformed, rejected or non-recyclable bills or etc., a plurality of reserves in deposit to temporarily accumulate bills in them at the time of receipt, save the bills in the boxes and take tickets of the designated amount of the boxes at the time of payment, and a series of ducts to transport bills one by one between the front operating panel, small validation elements, boxes, rejection safe and reservations in tank, in which the series of ducts comprises a bi-directional path for transporting bi Guided fillings along the bidirectional path in the forward and reverse direction and a plurality of unidirectional paths for transporting guided bills along the unidirectional path in a single direction. However, this ATM is not advantageous since it requires a larger size and a complicated structure in the paths that connect the boxes and the rejection safe to the bidirectional path through unidirectional paths. In addition, it is an inconvenience since the boxes and the rejection safe cannot be removed from the machine to collect tickets therein.

Then, patent document 2 teaches a banknote deposit comprising a plurality of stacking elements for bills of different denominations and a bill conveyor for transporting bills to and out of the stacking elements along a channel for guiding bills . The bill conveyor has a door that can be opened and closed by rotating the door around a pivot provided at one end of the channel so that the door closes to form the channel, and opens to approximate from the outside a space to form the channel. However, this deposit of bills has, undesirably, the conveyor of bills of its complicated structure that interferes by reducing the size of the deposit and also makes it impossible, in a convenient manner, the separable union of any element of stacking to the deposit.

Prior art documents

[Patent document 1] Japanese patent disclosure No. 4-158494, Figure 1

[Patent document 2] Japanese patent disclosure No. 11-339100, Figures 1, 8, 28, 46 and 47

WO 01/54078 A2 discloses a cash dispenser comprising a container body provided with a test mechanism for checking the veracity of the inserted banknotes, a box-shaped container detachably attached to the body of container, two deposit units for dispensing banknotes delivered from the container body to the container through a vertical transport, and a diverter for delivering the banknotes in the container to a rejection box.

EP 1 603 085 A1 indicates a bank deposit / dispensing apparatus comprising a bill validation element for discriminating bills, and a plurality of recycling boxes detachably connected to a lower bill transport mechanism of the apparatus. Each of the recycling boxes has a storage space surrounded by a bottom plate to store in the storage space bills sent through a stack feed roller, a pickup roller, a rotating support roller, a roller of gate, a brush roller and a separation / stacking guide. The mechanism 1b has a switching gate for switching bill passes to transport and store the bills in the recycling boxes and ejecting the bills from the recycling boxes outside the apparatus.

US 2004/079683 A1 shows an autobank machine comprising a validation device, a volume storage container stored in an ATM (ATM) housing, a cash dispensing mechanism, a vertical transport formed in the mechanism, and a gate element to guide coin sheets passed through transport and stored in a sheet stacking mechanism. Coin sheets are transported from a sheet acceptor mechanism through additional transport to the container.

Summary of the invention

Problem to be solved by the invention

An object of the present invention is to provide a document manipulator comprising a validation element and a stacking element provided with a deposit detachably attached to the validation element for storing documents inserted in and transported from the validation element in the deposit. and also to dispense documents in the deposit. Another object of the present invention is to provide a small size document handler equipped with a light weight stacking element.

Means to solve the problem

The document manipulator according to the present invention comprises a validation element (2), an element

(3)

stacking provided with a reservoir (50) detachably attached to the validation element (2), and a main conveyor (4) attached to the validation element (2) for transporting a document along a main conduit (6) formed between the validation element (2) and the stacking element (3). The stacking element (3) further comprises a storage conveyor (5) for storing in the warehouse (50) documents supplied from the validation element (2) through the main conveyor (4) and also for extracting documents one by one. stored in the warehouse (50) and transport the documents by means of the main conveyor (4) to the validation element (2) for dispensing. The main conveyor (4) comprises a reversible motor (70) for driving the storage conveyor (5) in the stacking element (3) in the selected direction, and a deflection lever (38) that can move between an open position to guide the document transported between the reservoir (50) and the main duct (6) and a closed position to block the passage of the document between the reservoir (50) and the main duct (6). The main conveyor (4) comprises an actuator (250) for moving the deviation lever (38) between the open and closed positions. The tank (50) is pulled forward and removed from the validation element (2) along the main duct (6) releasing the drive connection between the storage conveyor (5) and the reversible motor (70) of the conveyor

(4)

 principal.

The storage conveyor (5) can serve a double function of, firstly, storing in the stacking element (3) one by one documents supplied from the validation element (2) and, secondly, taking from the deposit (50) one by one documents to transport them to the validation element (2) by means of the main conveyor (4) for dispensing documents from the validation element (2). In this case, the storage conveyor (5) is connected so that it can be operated and separated from the motor.

(70)

 reversible that the storage conveyor (5) can be operated so that the stacking element (3) can save the need for or dispense with any drive source and, therefore, can be produced with a light weight. When the tank (50) is attached to the validation element (2), the storage conveyor (5) in the stacking element (3) is automatically put into drive connection with the reversible motor (70) in the conveyor (4) ) main to operate the storage conveyor (5) systematically and organically or in conjunction with the operation of the main conveyor (4). In addition, since the deposit (50) is detachably attached to the validation element (2), it can be separated from the validation element (2) to collect the deposit (50) for the collection and account of documents in the deposit (50 ). In addition, after the tank (50) is pulled forward and removed from the validation element (2), an operator can access the main conveyor (4) for easy maintenance, inspection and repair after the tank is removed ( fifty).

Effect of the invention

The present invention can provide a lightweight, small and highly reliable document manipulator of the simplified mechanism comprising a validation element and a reservoir that can be removed and removed forward from the validation element for easy maintenance and management.

Brief explanation of the drawings

[Figure 1] A sectional view showing an embodiment of the document handler according to the present invention applied to a bill validation / stacking / dispensing device;

[figure 2] a perspective view of a tank detachably attached to the bill validation / stacking / dispensing device shown in figure 1;

[figure 3] a perspective view of the tank shown in figure 2 with deviation levers in the closed position;

[figure 4] a sectional view showing a first gear train of a main conveyor in a bill validation element in figure 1;

[figure 5] a sectional view showing a second gear train for storing bills in a container in the bill validation element of figure 1;

[figure 6] a sectional view showing a stack conveyor in the tank in drive connection that can be separated with a reversible motor in the bill validation element;

[Figure 7] a sectional view showing the diverting levers in the closed condition to block communication between the deposit and a main conduit for transporting bills to the container through the main conduit;

[figure 8] a sectional view showing the diverter levers in the open condition to allow communication between the reservoir and the main duct;

[figure 9] a partial and longitudinal sectional view of the tank taken along a plane transverse or perpendicular to the plane of the paper of figure 10;

[Figure 10] a partial sectional view of the deposit showing a condition just before storing a bill in the deposit in which the bill supplied from the validation element is supported on a deposit support plate;

[figure 11] a sectional view showing the bill stored in the tank by means of a pusher plate;

[figure 12] a sectional view taken along a plane transverse or perpendicular to the plane of the paper of figure 11;

[figure 13] a partial sectional view showing the ticket completely stored in the deposit;

[Figure 14] a sectional view showing bills introduced into the deposit from the bill validation element;

[Figure 15] a sectional view showing bills on a bottom plate in the raised position for unloading and transporting a bill from the deposit to the bill validation element;

[Figure 16] a sectional view showing the rotated delivery and feed rollers to take a ticket from the deposit towards the bill validation element;

[figure 17] a flow chart showing a sequence of operations to store a ticket in the deposit

[Figure 18] a flow chart showing a sequence of operations for unloading a ticket from the deposit;

[Figure 19] a block diagram showing an electrical circuit in a bill validation / stacking / dispensing device;

[figure 20] a sectional view illustrating another embodiment of the elevator shown in figure 9;

[figure 21] a perspective view illustrating an interior of the elevator in figure 20; Y

[Figure 22] A perspective view illustrating an inclined bottom plate by operating the elevator shown in Figure 20.

Symbol Explanation

(1) •• a bill validation / stacking / dispensing device (a document handler), (2) •• a validation element, (3) •• a stacking element, (4) •• a main conveyor , (5) •• a storage conveyor, (6) •• a main conduit, (10) •• a validation sensor, (20) •• an input, (21) •• an output, (21a) • • a pass sensor, (22) •• a validation conveyor, (22a) •• a validation conduit, (22b) •• conveyor belts, (22c) •• pulleys, (22d) •• crazy rollers, ( 23) •• a conveyor motor, (24) •• a battery motor, (24a) •• a gear, (26) •• an output gear, (30) •• a housing, (31) •• a first stacking element, (32) •• a second stacking element, (33, 33a, 33b) •• feed rollers, (33c, 33d) •• crazy rollers, (34, 34a, 34b) •• rollers delivery, (35a, 35b) •• driven gears, (36a, 36b) •• fourth gears, (38) •• pa diversion boats, (38a) •• an upper deviation lever (a first deviation lever), (38b) •• a lower deviation lever (a second deviation lever), (38e) •• an upper lever end , (38f) •• a lower lever end, (39) •• a lever, (39a) •• a cut, (39b) •• a handle, (40) •• a main conveyor belt, (41, 43 , 44, 45) •• pulleys, (42) •• a driven gear, (46, 47, 48) •• crazy rollers, (49, 49a, 49b) •• pressure rollers, (50) •• a tank , (51) •• a container, (55, 55a, 55b) •• bottom plates, (56, 56a, 56b) •• pusher plates, (57, 57a, 57b) •• support plates, (58 ) •• a roller, (59a, 59b) •• springs, (60) •• a first gear train (a first power transmission), (61,

62, 63, 64, 65) •• gears, (66, 67) •• pulleys, (68) •• a belt, (69) •• a second gear train (a second power transmission), (70) •• reversible motors, (70a) •• an upper reversible motor, (70b) •• a lower reversible motor, (71a, 71b) •• sprockets, (72a, 72b, 74a, 74b, 75a, 75b) •• gears , (76, 76a, 76b) •• driving gears, (80) •• an elevator motor, (81) •• a lifting cam, (81a) •• a lifting cam pin, (82) •• a lifting lever, (82a) •• a lifting lever pin, (82b) •• a hole, (82c) •• a long opening, (83) •• a rod, (83a) •• a pin, (83b) •• a notch, (90) •• a pin, (180) •• an elevator, (251) •• an upper solenoid (a first actuator), (252) •• a lower solenoid (a second actuator ), (255) •• an upper lever roller, (256) •• a lower lever roller,

Best way to carry out the invention

Hereinafter, embodiments relating to the document handler according to the present invention applied to a bill validation / stacking / dispensing device will be described with reference to Figures 1 to 22 of the drawings in which the same reference symbols indicate the same parts in the device.

Figure 1 shows an embodiment of the bill validation / stacking / dispensing device according to the present invention comprising a validation element 2 having a frame 2a, a stacking element 3 having a reservoir 50 and a container 51, and a main conveyor 4 firmly fixed to the frame 2a of the validation element 2 for transporting bills along a main conduit 6 formed between the validation element 2 and the reservoir 50 of the stacking element 3. The tank 50 comprises upper and lower stacking elements 31 and 32 having respectively upper and lower storage spaces 31a and 32a (first and second), and the tank 50 itself can be detachably attached to the frame 2a of the validation element 2. The embodiment of the present invention contemplates that the stacking element 3 comprises the deposit 50 for storing bills in the removable mode, and a single or a plurality of storage conveyors 5 for storing 50 bills supplied from the validation element 2 to the deposit through the main conveyor 4 and also to extract bills stored in the tank 50, and also contemplates that the main conveyor 4 comprises a reversible motor or motors 70 to which the storage conveyors 5 in the stacking element 3 can be connected in detachable connection and drive.

The validation element 2 comprises an entry 20 for receiving tickets as documents to be inserted in the validation element 2, an output 21 for downloading the ticket from a validation area of the validation element 2, a validation conduit 22a for guiding the bill transported between the input 20 and the output 21, a validation conveyor 22 for transporting the bill along the validation conduit 22a, a stack motor 24 in the validation element 2 for driving a second gear train 69 ( a second power transmission) (Figure 5) connected so that gears 64, 65 can be operated in a container 51, an input sensor 20a to detect the inserted or dispensed bill, and an output sensor 21a to detect the ticket downloaded from the validation area. The validation conveyor 22 comprises a conveyor motor 23, a conveyor belt 22b driven by the conveyor motor 23 to transport the bill along the validation conduit 22a, a plurality of pulleys 22c with the conveyor belt 22b wound around the themselves, and a plurality of crazy rollers 22d in contact with the conveyor belt 22b for transporting the bill while the direction of the conveyor belt 22b is deflected. The conveyor motor 23 also serves to drive a main conveyor belt 40 through a first gear train 60 (a first power transmission) and a gear 26 (Figure 4) to transport the bill along a main conduit 6 on the main conveyor 4. Provided along validation conduit 22a is a validation sensor 10 to detect optical or magnetic characteristics of the bill. As illustrated in Figure 4, the rotational power of the conveyor motor 23 is transmitted from a gear 23a firmly fixed in a drive shaft of the conveyor motor 23 to the first gear train 60, and as illustrated in the Figure 5, the rotational power of the stack motor 24 is transmitted from a gear 24a firmly fixed in a drive shaft of the stack motor 24 to the second gear train 69.

The outlet 21 of the validation area in the validation element 2 communicates with the validation conduit 22a formed in the validation element 2 and also with the main conduit 6 formed in the main conveyor 4 disposed downstream of the conduit 22a of the element validation. As shown in Figure 4, the main conveyor 4 comprises an output gear 26 connected so that it can be driven to the first gear train 60, a driven gear 42 engaged with the output gear 26, a pulley 41 firmly fixed to the driven gear 42, and the main conveyor belt 40 wound around the pulleys 41, 43, 44, 45. The main conveyor belt 40 is also wound around the idler rollers 46, 47, 48 to apply the tension force to the belt 40 main conveyor.

As shown in Figures 2 and 3, the stacking element 3 comprises a plurality of pressure rollers 49, 49a, 49b mounted so that they can rotate in the stacking element 3 and releasably pressed against the conveyor belt 40 Main on the opposite side of the idler rollers 46, 47, 48 which are coupled when the stacking element 3 joins the validation element 2. The ticket is sent from the outlet 21 of the validation conduit 22a to the main conduit 6 of the main conveyor 4, and then, is grasped between the main conveyor belt 40 and the pressure roller 49 to ensure the transport of the bill along the duct 6

main to the reservoir 50 or container 51 of the stacking element 3 during the movement of the main conveyor belt 40.

The container 51 which stores in the non-recyclable condition bills of a single class or of different classes that cannot be stored in the upper and lower stacking elements 31 and 32 are arranged vertically below and adjacent to the upper stacking elements 31 and 32 and lower. As shown in Figure 5, one end of the gear 61 is engaged with the second gear train 69 in the validation element 2 and also fitted with a top gear 62 for power transmission. A drive belt 68 is wound around an upper pulley 66 firmly fixed to the pulley gear 62 and also around a lower pulley 67 firmly fixed to a lower gear 65. The rotation of the drive belt 68 causes the lower pulley 67 and the gear 65 to rotate simultaneously to further transmit the rotational force to a gear 63 engaged with the lower gear 65 and a vessel gear 64 mounted so that it can rotate in the container 51. The container gear 64 operates with a container pulley attached thereto, not shown in the drawings and with a container tape wrapped around the container pulley to drive the container pulley and the belt through the gear 64 of the container for storing 51 bills sent in the container via the main conveyor 4. When a ticket is transported by the main conveyor 4 shown in Figure 1 to the container 5, it passes through a passage sensor 203 that detects an leading edge of the transported ticket to produce a detection signal for a control device 200 (a transport / discrimination controller) consisting of a CPU or CPUs shown in Figure 19, which then provides a drive signal for the stack motor 24. In this way, the battery engine 24 is rotated to drive the belt (not shown) in the container 51 and insert the bill that cannot be used again in the container 51. After that, the battery engine 24 is driven in in the opposite direction to operate a stack mechanism (not shown) to store the bill that cannot be used again in the container 51.

By way of example, the embodiment can rotate reversible motors 70a, 70b on the main conveyor 4 in the single or forward direction to drive the storage conveyors 5 and stack a ticket fed from the validation element 2 in the tank 50 and, on the contrary, it can rotate reversible motors 70a, 70b in the opposite direction to reverse drive the storage conveyors 5 and take bills received in the upper and lower storage spaces 31a and 32a of the stacking elements 31, 32 upper and lower to transport and dispense through the main conduit 6 from the inlet 20 of the validation element 2. In addition, as is evident from Figure 6, the storage conveyor 5 comprises upper and lower reversible conveyors 53 and 54 (first and second). The upper reversible conveyor 53 comprises a driven gear 35a detachably engaged with the drive gear 76a driven by the upper reversible motor 70a on the main conveyor 4, and feed and delivery rollers 33a, 34b driven by the gear 35a driven for transport of bills towards the upper storage space 31a of the upper stacking element 31. Similarly, the lower reversible conveyor 54 comprises a geared drive 35b detachably engaged with a drive gear 76b driven by the lower reversible motor 70b on the main conveyor 4, and feed and delivery rollers 33b, 34b driven by the gear 35b driven to transport bills to the lower storage space 32a of the lower stacking element 32. In this document, the elements collectively referred to as reversible motors 70, rollers 33, 34 for delivery and feeding, driven gears 35, driven gears 76 and pressure rollers 49 are respectively motors 70a, 70b reversible, rollers 33a, 33b, 34a , Delivery and feed 34b, gears 35a, 35b driven, gears 76a, drive 76b and rollers 49a, pressure 49b. In this way, the reversible motors 70 can be operated with or actuated the connected storage conveyors 5 so that they can be driven to the reversible motors 70, and the storage conveyors 5 can be removed from the reversible motors 70 when the reservoir 50 is removed from the validation element 2. Accordingly, the tank 50 can be made with a reduced weight since the storage conveyors 5 dispense with their own power supply.

In this way, the storage conveyors 5 in the stacking element 3 are driven in bi-directional ways by reversible motors 70, to drive each storage conveyor 5 in the forward direction in order to store in the tank 31a or 32a upper or lower of the upper or lower stacking element 31 or 32 bills fed from the validation element 2 and to drive each storage conveyor 5 in the opposite direction in order to extract bills from the upper or lower deposit 31a or 32a of the 31 or 32 element of upper or lower stacking and send them by means of the main conveyor 4 to the validation element 2 for delivery. When the reservoir 50 is attached to the validation element 2, the storage conveyors 5 in the stacking element 3 are automatically placed in drive connection with the reversible motors 70 in the main conveyor 4 to drive the storage conveyors 5 systematically and organic or in conjunction with the operation of the main conveyor 4. In addition, since the tank 50 is detachably attached to the frame 2a of the validation element 2, it can be separated from the validation element 2 to collect and count bills in the upper and lower storage spaces 31a and 32a of the elements 31 and 32 of upper and lower stacking. In addition, after the reservoir 50 is pulled forward and removed from the frame 2a of the validation element 2, an operator can access the main conveyor 4 for easy maintenance, inspection and repair. Therefore, the present invention can provide a lightweight, small-sized and highly reliable bill validation / stacking / dispensing device with its simplified mechanism as it comprises the forward separable tank 50 of the device for its

easy maintenance and management.

As shown in Figures 1 to 3, the reservoir 50 comprises a metal or plastic housing 30 for constituting an outer shell cover 50 detachably fitted within the frame 2a of the validation element 2, and stacking elements 31 and 32 upper and lower (first and second) respectively mounted vertically and immediately adjacent to each other in the upper and lower portions in the housing 30. For example, the upper and lower stacking elements 31 and 32 may store banknotes of the specific denomination and / or different from the removable mode in its upper and lower storage spaces 31a and 32a.

As illustrated in Figures 6 to 9, the reservoir 50 comprises the upper and lower stacking elements 31 and 32 each of which has a storage conveyor 5 comprising feed rollers 33a, 33b for placing duct bills 6 main in the upper and lower stacking elements 31, 32, delivery rollers 34a, 34b for removing bills from the upper and lower stacking elements 31, 32 to the main conduit 6, support plates 57a, 57b to define the deposits 31a , 32a upper or lower for stored banknotes, plates 55a, 55b bottom to support the banknotes under the plates 57a, 57b of support, and pusher elements 56a, 56b arranged on top of plates 57a, 57b of support for storing banknotes in the tanks 31a, 32a upper or lower when the support plates 57a, 57b move upwards. In this description, the lower plates 55, support plates 57 and pusher elements 56 respectively normally indicate the upper and lower bottom plates 55a, 55b, upper and lower support plates 57a, and upper pusher elements 56a, 56b and lower.

As shown in Figure 1, the feed rollers 33a, 33b are provided in the upper and lower stacking elements 31, 32 in contact with the main conveyor belt 40 to grip a bill transported between the feed rollers 33a, 33b and the main conveyor belt 40. The reversible motors 70a, 70b are operated to simultaneously drive the feed rollers 33a, 33b and the delivery rollers 34a, 34b in the upper and lower stacking elements 31, 32.

As shown in Figures 1 to 3, 7 and 8 and 16 to 18, the upper and lower stacking elements 31, 32 each comprise levers 38a and 38b of upper and lower deviation (first and second), which can be moved each one between its open and closed positions. Specifically, the upper and lower deflection levers 38a and 38b are in the open position to guide a bill supplied from the validation element 2 through the main conduit 6 in the upper and lower stacking elements 31, 32 and also to guide a ticket discharged from the upper and lower stacking elements 31, 32 through the main conduit 6 to the validation element 2. On the contrary, the upper and lower deviation levers 38a and 38b are in the closed position to block the passage of a bill between the upper and lower stacking elements 31, 32 and the main conduit 6, however, they are not designed in the closed position neither to project towards the main conduit 6 nor to block a bill that is stored in the open stacking element or container 51 or a bill that is removed from the open stacking element. In this document, the upper and lower deviation levers 38a and 38b are collectively referred to as deviation levers 38. The upper and lower deviation levers 38a and 38b pivot respectively around upper and lower shafts 38c and 38d for rotation between the open and closed positions.

Figures 7 and 8 illustrate the main conveyor 4 comprising an upper solenoid 251 (a first actuator) for moving the upper deviation lever 38a between the open and closed positions through an upper intermediate lever 253 (Figure 7) mounted in a manner which can rotate around a shaft 260 connected to the main conveyor 4, a lower solenoid 252 (a second actuator) to move the lower deviation lever 38b between the open and closed positions through a lower intermediate lever 254 mounted so that it can rotate around a shaft 261 attached to the main conveyor 4, an upper spring 257 to resiliently drive the upper intermediate lever 253 towards a non-functioning position to elastically push the upper deflection lever 38a towards the closed position, and a spring 258 bottom to resiliently push the lower intermediate lever 254 into a position of non-operation to elastically push the lower deflection lever 38b towards the closed position. An upper lever roller 255 in contact with the upper deflection lever 38a is attached at the lower end of the upper intermediate lever 253 and, in addition, a lower lever roller 256 in contact with the lower deflection lever 38b is connected in the lower end of lower intermediate lever 254. In this document, the elements collectively referred to as solenoids 261, intermediate levers 262, springs 263 and lever rollers 264 are respectively upper and lower solenoids 251 and 252, upper and lower intermediate levers 253 and 254, upper 257 and 258 springs and lower and upper and lower lever 255 and 256 rollers.

When the upper solenoid 251 is activated, the upper intermediate lever 253 is rotated clockwise around the shaft 260 against the resilience force of the upper spring 257, and, simultaneously, the upper lever roller 255 pushes the lever end 38e upper to the upper storage space 31a of the upper stacking element 31. This causes the upper deflection lever 38a to rotate around the upper shaft 38c clockwise from the closed position shown in Figure 7 to the open position shown in Figures 1 and 8, so that a tip of the lever 38a of upper deviation enters main duct 6. On the contrary, when the upper solenoid 251 is deactivated, the upper intermediate lever 253 becomes

rotate counterclockwise around the shaft 260 by virtue of the elastic force of the upper spring 257 to separate the upper lever roller 255 from the upper lever end 38e; then, the upper deflection lever 38a is rotated counterclockwise by an elastic force of a spring not shown from the open position to the closed position; and the upper deflection lever tip 38a is retracted out of the main duct 6 (Figure 7).

Similarly, when the lower solenoid 252 is activated, the lower intermediate lever 254 is rotated around the shaft 261 clockwise against the elastic force of the lower spring 258 so that the lower lever roller 256 pushes the end 38f of lower lever towards the lower storage space 32a of the lower stacking element 32. This causes the lower deflection lever 38b to rotate around the upper shaft 38c clockwise from the closed position to the open position, so that a tip of the lower deflection lever 38b enters the main conduit 6 (Figures 1 and 8). On the contrary, when the lower solenoid 252 is deactivated, the intermediate lever 254 is rotated counterclockwise around the shaft 261 by virtue of the elastic force of the lower spring 258 to separate the upper lever roller 255 from the upper lever end 38e ; then, the lower deflection lever 38b is rotated counterclockwise by an elastic force of a spring not shown from the open position to the closed position; and the tip of the lower deflection lever 38b is retracted out of the main conduit 6 (Figure 7). In this way, levers 38a and 38b of upper and lower deflection can be rotated independently between the closed and open positions by the respective operation of the upper and lower solenoids 251 and 252. This arrangement can establish simple contacts between the upper lever end 38e of the upper deflection lever 38a and the upper lever roller 255 and also between the lower lever end 38f of the lower deflection lever 38b and the lower lever roller 256 to allow the upper and lower deflection levers 38a and 38b to separate respectively from the upper and lower solenoids 251 and 252 when the reservoir 50 of the validation element 2 is removed. The upper and lower deflection levers 38a and 38b are used to guide and take out bills, respectively, with respect to the upper and lower storage spaces 31a and 32a of upper and lower stacking elements 31 and 32. In this document, the elements collectively referred to as lever ends 38g are the upper and lower lever ends 38e and 38f.

Figure 6 indicates the main conveyor 4 comprising a first gear train 91a comprising an upper pinion 71a mounted on an output shaft of an upper conveyor motor 70a in the upper stacking element 31, a first upper gear 72a engaged with the upper pinion 71a, a second upper gear 74a firmly fixed to a first upper gear 72a for its integral rotation, a third upper gear 75a engaged with the second upper gear 74a, and a fourth upper gear 76a engaged with the third upper gear 75a. The main conveyor 4 also has a second gear train 91b comprising, similarly, a lower pinion 71b mounted on an output shaft of a lower conveyor motor 70b in the lower stacking element 32, a first geared lower gear 72b with the lower pinion 71b, a second lower gear 74b firmly fixed to the first lower gear 72b for its integral rotation, a third lower gear 75b engaged with the second lower gear 74b, and a fourth lower gear 76b engaged with the third lower gear 75b.

The upper stacking element 31 has a first driven gear train 92a comprising a top driven gear 35a detachably engaged with a top drive gear 76a, a fourth top gear 36a engaged with the top driven gear 35a, and a fifth gear 37a upper engaged with the fourth upper gear 36a. The upper feed roller 33a and the delivery roller 34a are formed integrally with the upper intermediate and fifth gears 35a and 37a. Similarly, the lower stacking element 32 has a second driven gear train 92b comprising a lower driven gear 35b detachably engaged with a lower drive gear 76b, a fourth lower gear 36b engaging with the driven lower gear 35b, and a fifth lower gear 37b engaged with the fourth lower gear 36b. The lower feed and delivery rollers 33b and 34b are integrally formed respectively with the lower intermediate and fifth intermediate gears 35b and 37b.

Figures 9 and 11 represent an elevator 180 attached to the side wall of the frame 2a in the validation element 2 to move the support plates 57a and 57b vertically in the stacking elements 31, 32 of the tank 50 between the raised and lowered positions according to the vertical movement of a rod 83 in the elevator 180. As shown in Figure 9, the elevator 180 comprises an elevator motor 80 attached to the validation element 2, a rotating disk 81 rotated by the elevator motor 80, a pin 81a attached in an eccentric position away from a central rotary axis in the rotating disk 81, a lifting lever 82 that can rotate around a shaft 82a and formed with a notch 82b to receive the pin 81a, a pin 83a formed with the rod 83 and received within an elongated hole 82c drilled at one end of the lifting lever 82, upper and lower support plates 57a and 57b formed integrally formed in a shape of H generally overturned in the tank 50, a roller 58 formed in the support plates 57a and 57b and received within a cut 83b of the rod 83, bottom plates 55a and 55b upper (first) and lower (second) that can rotate each around the shafts 55c, 55d within the upper and lower stacking elements 31 and 32, and upper and lower pusher elements 56a and 56b firmly fixed to the housing 30 above the upper support plates 57a and 57b and lower, each connected to the upper and lower bottom plates 55a and 55b through the

springs 59a and 59b.

When the lifting motor 80 is rotated in the forward direction, the lifting lever 82 is rotated clockwise around a shaft 82a through the rotating disk 81 to raise the rod 83. This causes the plates 57 of support move from the lower position shown in Figure 9 to the stationary pusher elements 56a, 56b to the upper position shown in Figure 11 together with the rod 83 while the springs 59a, 59b expand against their resilient force with the rise of the rod 83 and the support plates 57 to the upper position. Then, when a bill has been completely supplied from the feed rollers 33a, 33b on the support plates 57a, 57b, they are raised together with the rod 83, and then, as illustrated in Figure 12, the elements 56a, 56b The pusher pushes and stores the bill in the plates 57a, 57b of support on the plates 55a, 55b in the background against the resilient force of the springs 59a, 59b. After that, when the lifting motor 80 rotates further in the forward direction, the lifting lever 82 rotates counterclockwise to lower the rod 82 and the support plates 57a, 57b in unison. In this case, as shown in Figure 13, the springs 59a, 59b contract by their own elasticity while both sides of the bill rest on the bottom plates 55a, 55b.

Now, banknote stacking operations will be described hereinbelow with reference to the sequence of operations of the flowchart shown in Figure 17. The procedure begins IN START at step 100 to 101 in which the device 200 of control decides whether or not the input sensor 20a is switched on by inserting a ticket into the input 20. When the control device 200 decides to receive an electrical detection signal from the input sensor 20a through a ticket insertion, it causes that the conveyor motor 23 rotates in the forward direction (in step 102). Therefore, the bill is transported along the validation conduit 22a by the validation conveyor 22, and the validation sensor 10 converts the optical or magnetic characteristics of the moving ticket into electrical detection signals for the control device 200 which receives the detection signals from the validation sensor 10 to decide in step 103 whether the ticket is authentic or not. If the bill is authentic, the control device 200 then decides the denomination of the bill (in step 104). While bills of different denominations are stacked in the upper and lower storage spaces 31a and 32a of the upper and lower stacking elements 31 and 32, the control device 200 selectively activates the related upper or lower solenoid 251 or 252 (in step 105) to selectively rotate the upper or lower deflection lever 38a or 38b from the closed position to the open position. Then, the control device 200 selectively rotates the upper or lower reversible motor 70a or 70b related to the selected denomination (in step 106). After that, the control device 200 receives a detection signal from the passing sensor 21a to confirm that the bill has passed through the passing sensor 21a (in step 107), and also decides (in step 108) whether after a given period of time after the passage of the ticket through the passage sensor 21a. Therefore, the bill circulates along the lever 38a or 38b of upper or lower deflection related to the denomination of the bill towards the upper or lower stacking element 31 or 32 on the support plate 57a or 57b, and thus the device Control 200 turns off the upper or lower solenoid 251 or 252 actuated to rotate the upper or lower deviation lever 38a or 38b from the open position to the closed position (in step 109) by the elastic force of the spring not shown, and also the control device 200 stops the operation of the upper or lower reversible motor 70a or 70b driven (in step 110).

After that, the control device 200 activates the elevator motor 80 (in step 111) to move the rod 83 from the lower position of Figure 9 to the upper position of Figure 11. In step 112, when a first Elevator sensor 84 detects the raised rod 83, is turned on to produce a detection signal for the control device 200. When the upper and lower support plates 57a, 57b are in the lower position of FIG. 10, the control device 200 detects the ignition of the first elevator sensor 84 in step 112, while one of the plates 57a, 57b of upper and lower support support the ticket fed on them. When the upper and lower support plates 57a, 57b move upward from the lower position to the upper position of Figure 12, the upper or lower pusher element 56a or 56b forcefully pushes the bill into the support plate 57a , 57b upper or lower on the upper or lower bottom plate 55a or 55b within the upper or lower stacking element 31 or 32, and the control device 200 detects the ignition of a second elevator sensor 85 in step 113. The processing proceeds from step 113 to 114 when the control device 200 additionally activates the elevator motor 80 to lower the rod 83, and when the first elevator sensor 84 detects the rod 83 in the lower position, the device 200 of control stops the operation of the elevator motor 80 to finish the saving operation of the bill since the side edges of the bill are also in contact with the bottom plate 55 as shown in figure 13.

When the control device 200 does not decide that the bill is authentic in step 103, the processing continues from step 130 to 116 in which the control device 200 drives the conveyor motor 23 in the opposite direction to return the ticket to input 20. The ticket returned to input 20 turns on the input sensor 20a (in step 117) so that the control device 200 stops the operation of the conveyor motor 23 (in step 118). Subsequently, when an operator removes the ticket from entry 20 (in step 119), the processing completes the return operation of the ticket.

Then, the bill payment operation will be described below in this document with reference to the

sequence of operations of the flowchart shown in Figure 18. From the step 121 of START up to 122, when the control device 200 receives an instruction signal to advance the bill payment preparation, the conveyor motor 23 is driven in the opposite direction and at the same time turn on the upper or lower solenoid 251 or 252 related to the upper or lower stacking element 31 or 32 which stores bills of the denomination to be dispensed (in step 123) to rotate the lever 38a or 38b of upper or lower deviation from the closed position to the open position. Then, when the elevator motor 80 is rotated in the forward direction (in step 124), the rod 83 moves up to sequentially turn on the first and second elevator sensors 84 and 85 in steps 126 and 127. Subsequently, when a given period of time has elapsed after the second elevator sensor 85 is switched on, the control device 200 stops the operation of the elevator motor 80 (in step 128) to keep the rod 83 in the elevated position of figure 11 so that the upper and lower bottom plates 55a, 55b are retained in the tilt condition shown in figure 15. This causes each of the upper bills stored in spaces 31a and 32a of Upper and lower storage is in contact with the feed rollers 33a, 33b to finalize the preparation of the distribution of bills. Then, as shown in Figure 16, the delivery rollers 34a, 34b and the feed rollers 33a, 33b are rotated to discharge the upper bill from the upper or lower storage spaces 31a or 32a to the main conduit 6 .

As mentioned earlier, the deflection lever 38 is already in the open position, and the conveyor motor 23 is rotated in the opposite direction. In this case, when the related upper or lower reversible motor 70a or 70b is rotated in the opposite direction in step 129, the denomination bill is gently discharged from the upper or lower tank 31a or 32a (in step 130). Then, in step 131, the passing sensor 21a detects whether or not the downloaded ticket has passed the passing sensor 21a, and when the passing sensor 21a is turned off during the passage of the ticket, it sends the off detection signal to the control device 200 which then decides whether or not a given period of time has elapsed after the passage of the ticket through the passage sensor 21a (in step 132), and when the given period of time has elapsed, the device 200 of control stops motor drive 70a or 70b reversible upper or lower (in step 133).

Subsequently, the control device 200 decides in step 134 whether or not it receives from the step sensor 21a an ON detection signal indicative of the finished passage of the bill. When the passage sensor 21a detects the passage of the leading edge of the bill, the processing proceeds to step 135 in which the control device 200 rotates again the upper or lower reversible motor 70a or 70b in the forward rotation for prevent the subsequent discharge of the upper and lower deposit 31a, 32a of a subsequent ticket just below the downloaded ticket in order to return the subsequent ticket in the upper or lower deposit 31a, 32a. After a certain period of time since the upper or lower reversible motor 70a or 70b has been rotated in the forward direction, the procedure continues from step 136 to 137 in which the control device 200 stops the operation of the motor 70a or 70b related upper or lower reversible, and turns off the related solenoid 251 or 252 in step 138 to advance to step 139. The control device 200 decides in step 139 whether or not it receives another instruction signal for payment again. , and when the control device 200 receives the additional payment instruction signal, the processing moves to step 129, but when it does not receive such an additional instruction signal, the control device 200 rotates the elevator motor 80 in the forward rotation (in step 140) to return the rod 83 to the lower position shown in Figure 9, and then, the control device 200 decides in step 141 whether it has tr whether or not a certain period of time elapsed after the first and second elevator sensors 84 and 85 were turned off. After a certain period of time, the control device 200 ceases operation of the elevator motor 80 to complete the bill payment operation.

To remove the reservoir 50 from the stacking element 3 of the validation element 2, the validation element 2 is pulled forward so that the gears 35a, 35b driven in the reservoir 50 are disengaged from the driving gears 76a, 76b on the conveyor 4 while, simultaneously, the feed rollers 33a, 33b and the pressure rollers 49a, 49b in the reservoir 50 are released from contact with the main conveyor belt 40 in the main conveyor 4.

As shown in Figures 2 and 4, the stacking element 3 comprises a lever 39 rotatably mounted on a side wall 3a of the housing 30, and a cut 39a formed on the lever 39 for releasably engaging in a pin 90 attached to the frame 2a of the validation element 2 to firmly secure the tank 50 to the frame 2a. When the handle 39b connected to the lever 39 is pulled down while the lever 39 is rotated, the cut 39a is released from the pin 90 to remove the reservoir 50 from the frame 2a.

Instead, to connect the reservoir 50 to the validation element 2, the validation element 2 is pushed so that the gears 35a, 35b driven upper and lower are automatically engaged in the upper and lower reversible conveyors 53 and 54 with the gears 76a, 76b drives on the main conveyor 4, and at the same time, the feed rollers 33a, 33b and the pressure rollers 49a, 49b on the upper and lower reversible conveyors 53 and 54 are automatically contacted with the conveyor belt 40 main on main conveyor 4. Therefore, the first and second reversible conveyors 53 and 54 in the first and second stacking elements 31 and 32 are connected so that the upper and lower reversible motors 70a and 70b can be driven and separated in the main conveyor 4.

Figures 20 to 22 represent another embodiment of the elevator 180 having its structure different from that shown in Figure 9. The elevator 180 shown comprises an elevator motor 80 attached to the validation element 2, a driving gear 210 mounted on a output shaft of the elevator motor 80, a rotary decoder 201 rotatably rotated with the drive gear 210, a decoder sensor 202 for generating electrical pulses during the rotation of the rotary decoder 201, a first driven gear 203 engaged with the gear 210 drive, a second driven gear 204 mounted at the opposite end in the same shaft of the first driven gear 203 for its integral rotation, first, second and third intermediate gears 205, 206 and 207 that serially fits the second driven gear 204, a pinion Elevator 208 meshed with a third intermediate gear, and a rack gear 209 meshed with the elevator pinion 208 dor and that can move vertically during the rotation of the elevator pinion 208. The first intermediate gear 205 is releasably engaged with the second driven gear 204 so that the first intermediate gear 205 is automatically engaged so that it can be operated with or disengaged from a second driven 204 when the reservoir 50 is attached or removed from the validation element 2. Similarly, for the movement of the upper and lower support plates 57a, 57b shown in Figure 9, the upper and lower support plates 57a, 57b can move between the lower position shown in Figure 21 and the upper position shown in Figure 22 for storing or unloading bills on a plate 57a or 57b of upper or lower support. In synchronization with the up and down movement of the upper and lower support plates 57a, 57b, the upper and lower bottom plates 55a and 55b can be rotated between the horizontal and inclined conditions so that each upper bill stored in the upper and lower stacking elements 31, 32 are in contact with the corresponding feed rollers 33 when the upper and lower bottom plates 55a, 55b are in the inclined condition ready for unloading bills from the upper stacking elements 31, 32 and lower. Then, as shown in Figure 16, simultaneous counter rotations of the upper and lower feed and delivery rollers 33a, 33b, 34a and 34b cause the bills to be discharged from the upper and lower stacking elements 31 and 32 to the main duct 6. The control device 200 can receive and count the pulses of the rotary decoder 201 so that the control device 200 can stop the operation of the elevator motor 80 at the desired number of pulses to stop the upper and lower support plates 57a, 57b in the desired position or you can drive the elevator motor 80 in the forward or opposite direction to move the upper and lower support plates 57a, 57b in the directions up or down.

The above embodiments exemplify the transport structure for carrying bills along the main conduit 6 by means of a main conveyor belt 40, however, instead of or in addition to the main conveyor belt 40, the embodiment can use combined main conveyor rollers and feed rollers and / or pressure rollers for carrying bills along the main conduit 6.

Applicability in the industry

While the above description exemplifies the embodiments of the present invention applied to the bill validation / stacking / dispensing device, the invention can also be applied to the device for accepting and / or dispensing bills for the bill handling apparatus such as an item of ticket validation, discrimination element or coupon acceptance element.

Claims (11)

one.

Document manipulator comprising a validation element (2), a stacking element (3)

provided with a tank (50) detachably attached to the validation element (2), and a conveyor (4)

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main attached to the validation element (2) to transport a document along a conduit (6)

main formed between the validation element (2) and the stacking element (3),

wherein the stacking element (3) further comprises a storage conveyor (5) for

save in the warehouse (50) documents supplied from the validation element (2) through the

main conveyor (4) and also to extract documents stored in the warehouse one by one (50)

and transport the documents by means of the main conveyor (4) to the validation element (2) for

dispensation,

the main conveyor (4) comprises a reversible motor (70) for driving the conveyor (5) of

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storage in the stacking element (3) in the selected direction, and

a deviation lever (38) that can move between an open position to guide the document

transported between the tank (50) and the main duct (6) and a closed position to block the passage

of the document between the reservoir (50) and the main duct (6),

The main conveyor (4) comprises an actuator (250) for moving the deviation lever (38) between

open and closed positions,

characterized in that the reservoir (50) is pulled forward and removed from the validation element (2) at

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length of the main duct (6) releasing the drive connection between the conveyor (5) of

storage and reversible motor (70) of the main conveyor (4).

2.

Document manipulator according to claim 1, wherein the storage conveyor (5)

It comprises at least one feed roller (33) for placing the document in the container (50) from the

main duct (6) and also to download the document from the reservoir (50) to the duct (6)

main, and

at least one delivery roller (34) to take the document from the container (50) towards the conduit (6)

principal,

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the feed and delivery rollers (33, 34) are connected so that they can be operated and

withdraw to reversible motor (70).

3.

Document manipulator according to claim 2, wherein the main conveyor (4) comprises

a main conveyor belt (40) or a main conveyor roller arranged along the conduit

(6) main,

the feed roller (33, 33a, 33b) is rotatably supported on the conveyor (5) of

storage and also separably driven against the main conveyor belt (40) or

Four. Five

main conveyor roller along the main duct (6),

the document transported from the validation element (2) is caught between the conveyor belt (40)

main or main conveyor roller and the feed roller (33, 33a, 33b) to carry the document

along the main duct (6),

the feed roller (33, 33a, 33b) is separated from the main conveyor belt (40) or roller

main conveyor when the tank (50) is removed from the validation element (2).

Four.

Document manipulator according to claim 3, wherein the reservoir (50) comprises a roller (49)

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of pressure mounted rotatably to propel against and detachably from the belt (40)

main conveyor or main conveyor roller along the main duct (6),

the document transported from the validation element (2) is caught between the conveyor belt (40)

main or main conveyor roller and the pressure roller (49) to carry the document along the

main duct (6),

the pressure roller (49) is separated from the main conveyor belt (40) when the tank (50) is removed

of the validation element (2).

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5. Document manipulator according to claim 1, wherein the validation element (2) comprises

a validation conveyor (22) for carrying along the validation conduit (22a) the document

inserted through an input (20) provided in the validation element (2), the main conveyor (4) carries the document transported along the validation conduit (22a) along the main conduit (6) to the stacking element (3), 5 the storage conveyor (5) carries the document transported along the main duct (6) to the reservoir (50) in the stacking element (3) when the reversible motor (70) is rotated in one direction. 6. Document manipulator according to claim 5, wherein the storage conveyor (5) extracts the document from the reservoir (50) to the main conduit (6) when the engine is rotated (70) reversible in the other direction, the main conveyor (4) carries the extracted document to the main duct (6) to the validation duct (22a) 15, the validation conveyor (22) carries the document sent to the validation conduit (22a) to the entrance (20). 7. Document handler according to claim 5, wherein the stacking element (3) comprises a container (51) arranged in a vertically separated relation with respect to the container (50) for receiving the documents sent along the conduit ( 6) Main by the main conveyor (4) to accumulate the documents in the container (51) in a non-recyclable condition. A document manipulator according to claim 7, wherein the reservoir (50) comprises at least one support plate (57) arranged in an upper position of a storage space (31a, 32a) for receiving the documents, at least one bottom plate (55) that can move between the contact position to allow contact of the document with respect to the delivery roller (34) and the release position to keep the document away from the delivery roller (34) below of the support plate (57), and an elevator (180) to move the bottom plate (55) from the release position to the contact position to contact the document within the storage space (86) with the delivery roller 35 (34), The delivery roller (34) is rotated to move the document in contact with the delivery roller (34) from under the support plate (57) towards the main conduit (6). 9. The document manipulator according to claim 8, wherein the elevator (180) comprises an elevator motor (80) and a rod (83) that can be moved vertically by operating the elevator motor (80) and connected in a manner which can be operated on the support plate (57), the vertical movement of the rod (83) causes the document supported on the support plate (57) 45 to be stored in the tank (50) and also causes the bottom plate (55) to move to the contact position for put the document in contact with the delivery roller (34). A document manipulator according to claim 8, wherein the elevator (180) comprises an elevator motor (80), an elevator pinion (208) that rotates by means of the elevator motor (80) and a gear (209) of rack connected so that it can be operated to the support plate (57) and engaged with the elevator pinion (208) to move vertically during the rotation of the elevator pinion (208), the vertical movement of the rack gear (209) causes the document supported on the support plate (57) to be stored in the tank (50) and also causes the bottom plate (55) to move 55 to the contact position to put the document in contact with the delivery roller (34). 11. Document manipulator according to claim 1, wherein the storage conveyor (5) comprises a driven gear (35) connected so that it can be driven and separated to a driving gear (76) driven by the reversible motor (70) on the main conveyor (4), a main conveyor belt (40) or main conveyor roller provided on the main conveyor (4), a feed roller (33) removably driven against the main conveyor belt (40) 65 or main conveyor roller to move the document into the reservoir (50), while the roller (33) feed is driven by driven gear (35), and a delivery roller (34) to take the document from the reservoir (50) towards the main duct (6), the feed and delivery rollers (33, 34) are rotated by operating the reversible motor (70) by means of the gears (76, 35) driven and driven. 12. Document manipulator according to claim 1, wherein the document is transported from the validation conduit (22) in the validation element (2) to the main conduit (6) during the forward rotation of the motor (23) of conveyor, and 10 the feed and delivery rollers (33, 34) are rotated in their forward rotation during the forward rotation of the reversible motor (70) to transport the document from the main conduit (6) to the reservoir (50). 13. Document handler according to claim 12, wherein the delivery rollers (34, 33) and The feed is rotated in its opposite rotation during the reverse rotation of the reversible motor (70) to take the document from the reservoir (50) to the main conduit (6), and the document is transported from the main conduit (6) to the validation conduit (22) in the validation element (2) during the counter rotation of the conveyor motor (23).